Microtel hotel a 'done deal' in Carrollton

Carrollton Mayor Frank Leghart said he has received the lighting designs and landscaping plans that were requested by council members, and that makes the proposed Microtel hotel a reality.

By Nancy Schaar

Times Reporter

By Nancy Schaar

Posted Feb. 11, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Feb 11, 2013 at 11:03 AM

By Nancy Schaar

Posted Feb. 11, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Feb 11, 2013 at 11:03 AM

CARROLLTON

Microtel is a done deal.

That’s according to village officials.

Mayor Frank Leghart said he has received the lighting designs and landscaping plans that were requested by council members, and that makes the proposed hotel a reality.

Mark Belmont, a civil engineer and operations manager with Civil Engineers, Architects and Surveyors of Canton, submitted the plans at the request of council before it would grant approval to change the usage of two lots on Canton Road to establish a parking lot for the hotel.

Scott Cole, owner of Huebner Chevrolet of Carrollton, owns the property on which the new three story, 79-room hotel will be built.

Last year, Cole asked the zoning board to rezone two of his 10 lots at the property from residential to business, but council refused.

Permission recently was granted for conditional use of the two residential lots; a parking lot will be established there, as well as landscaping to provide a buffer zone between the hotel and a nearby residential area.

The hotel will le located on the front eight lots, which previously were zoned business.

Belmont changed the landscaping plans to include almost double the amount of white pines that will be planted at the rear and side of the hotel site. Council also asked to see the lighting plans for the property to ensure that large lights at the hotel will not shine into, or onto, neighboring homes.

The lighting plans show that all lights will face the hotel property and that at the edge of the 10 lots, the degree of lighting will be zero.

“It’s a done deal,” said Leghart. “This is a going to be a positive addition to the village and will make more rooms available for workers and visitors. It will be more attractive to commerce and we show we have a viable economy to support new business.”